2.09.2011

Making Valentines~

The kiddos and I finished their Valentine's cards yesterday. For reals. I honestly don't think we've ever been ready this far in advance. Aren't you impressed? ;-)

But before I get to that...I had a lot of questions about how I applied the wrapping paper to the wall in my last post...I did it the same way as I did the first time (you can read about it by clicking the link about gift wrapped walls in the post) I used my staple gun. I just stapled the paper around the edges, and a couple of times in the middle. Because the space I was covering was relatively small, it worked like a dream, and it's easy to remove, which is important because this is a rental house.

Okey dokey, now on to the cards.

I saw this very cute idea floating around blogland last year, and mentally filed it away to use for this year's Valentine's cards.

So first things first, I took photos of each of the four kiddos with one hand extended in a fist. (They are wearing their Sunday clothes because I grabbed them right after we got home from church...not a bad idea...their hair was combed, their faces were clean, they looked presentable.)

Then I used Picnik.com to add borders and text to each.

I poked holes in each card at the top and bottom of each child's fist. And then the five of us had fun putting lollipops on each card by weaving the sticks through the holes.

Didn't they turn out ADORABLE?!? (If I do say so myself.)

And the best part is, they are completely, 100% personalized. No one else in their classes will have cards exactly like theirs. I love that.

But wait.....you made a "mental note"??? You can do that??? I try to make mental notes and they stay in my brain for approximately ONE hour. I am even more impressed that you remembered it for a YEAR! You are my idol.

I am so happy that you filed that idea away in your brain for this year's Valentine's day because I'm now going to file it away in my brain for when my oldest (4) starts to have to do those types of things! :-) Awesome!

Oh My Gosh how adorable are these? I have so been trying to come up with a personalized Valentine for my Grand daughter and I wanted to incorporate her photo. Guess what I am going to do? wow! Thanks for the post!!!

Thank you for this great idea! I have already taken my pictures. Tomorrow I will buy lollypops. :)Closer I will make more heart chocolate sticks for hot chocolate. Kids loved those. See them in my blog if you like. :)

That is an AMAZING idea! Kudos to you and the kids for a job well done! And to think, last night I went out with the kids and bought their Valentine's. Oh well, this is our first Valentine's Day with our foster kids so ya live, ya learn. lol. THANKS FOR SHARING! :)

Thank you for posting this! I totally just stole this idea and whipped up a dozen of them for my preschooler for his Valentine's day party tomorrow!Even with printing the photo's at Target & buying an entire bag of Dum-Dum suckers it was *STILL* cheaper than ONE box of the generic "card & candy" things you can get!(And MUCH cuter!)

These are insanely cute! And such a great idea!!! We have a FIVE lb bag of organic suckers sitting in the cabinet just waiting for something like this. Our youngest is the only one who has an actual "party" at school but I know at least one of our older boys would like this to give out to his friends as well. I think we are going to add fake mustaches and a corny joke with ours cause he is just that kind of kid. Thanks for the great idea!!

That's e great idea! and what a good looking kids you have.We don't having a great Valetine day selebration here in Holland, maybe only a card for your lover.It is a nice idea for tractation on school for my boys birtday also.Have a nice Valetines day.

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